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Suggest Treatment For Depression

iam 20 year old girl , iam fully confused about my personality , in school i used to get very low marks and from last 5 months i suffered from anxiety nuerosis iam taking medicines for that , but still now i feel very depressed about myself , i think that iam a mental or mad person , i also think that i am a very dumb person and i feel that i will not be able to do anything in my career or education in future , i feel my life is in danger and i also feel that iam completely helpless , i want to go the mental hospital and live there , but my parents say that iam not mad , they try to counsil me , but i do not understand and i have lots of confusion in my brain about my past life and my personality , please help me out doctor :'(
Thu, 18 Sep 2014
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Hi

I understand your concern and emotional stress.

Tell your parents that it require proper treatment but it is not necessary to go mental hospital.

You will take treatment at home after consulting psychiatrist.

Your symptoms suggest that you have depression and require early attention.

Treatment is very good and help you to come out from this within short period of time.

This kind of condition can be treated with drugs like SSRI, SNRI etc.

Among them escitalopram . sertraline , desvenlaflaxine is choice but depends upon your clinical presentations.

If a patients walk in my clinic with that much of history then i will treat with escitalopram 10 mg in morning daily and add on other anxiolytic for anxiety.

Advise like exercise, meditations, relaxation etc.
Take proper sleep and healthy diet.


So do consultation and get better early as possible .

Still have a query then feel free to ask.

Thank you.

Happy to help you.


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Suggest Treatment For Depression

Hi I understand your concern and emotional stress. Tell your parents that it require proper treatment but it is not necessary to go mental hospital. You will take treatment at home after consulting psychiatrist. Your symptoms suggest that you have depression and require early attention. Treatment is very good and help you to come out from this within short period of time. This kind of condition can be treated with drugs like SSRI, SNRI etc. Among them escitalopram . sertraline , desvenlaflaxine is choice but depends upon your clinical presentations. If a patients walk in my clinic with that much of history then i will treat with escitalopram 10 mg in morning daily and add on other anxiolytic for anxiety. Advise like exercise, meditations, relaxation etc. Take proper sleep and healthy diet. So do consultation and get better early as possible . Still have a query then feel free to ask. Thank you. Happy to help you.